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Season includes four Broadway hits, two Pulitzer Prize winners, two world premieres, and the third annual National Capital New Play Festival.
Director Raymond O. Caldwell leads a cast and creative team brimming with local talent.
In honor of Stephen Sondheim's birthday, the show headlined by Norm Lewis, Solea Pfieffer, Conrad Ricamora, and Emily Skinner streams on Marquee TV.
Proud of its history of producing musicals, dramas, and comedies and weathering the pandemic, the company plans an ambitious seven-show lineup.
The Arlington Players' 'Newsies' and Silver Spring Stage's 'Perfect Arrangement' take home the night's top prizes.
The workshops will culminate in Pay What You Can public table readings from April 10 to May 15.
As part of the company's 'Magic in Rough Spaces' new play lab series, the readings will be held April 1-2 at Atlas Arts Center.
Her first project with the company will be a week-long developmental workshop of 'Syrena,' a haunting mermaid tale set in a refugee detention center.
The lineup features two original musicals, an acclaimed play with music, an uproarious comedy, Arena's 11th Power Play, and a return by audience-favorite Step Afrika!
Ping Chong and Company will partner with local artist Tuyết Thị Phạm to create 'Generations Rise: Reston,' based on the real-life stories of five Reston residents.
The native of São Paulo, Brazil, most recently received acclaim for directing the one-person show 'Ni Mi Madre' at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is proud to announce the first recipients of the Weissberg Commissions. The commissioned artists are Vivian J. O. Barnes, Gethsemane Herron, Jenn Kidwell, and …
Final three plays will be announced on March 10 and read on April 2 and 3.
The Broadway Center Stage production in May will star Alex Brightman, James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Kritzer, and Rob McClure.
Director Kathleen Akerley's adaptation modernizes the story's politics by removing Caesar from the stage.
Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's coming-of-age alternative rock musical opens in Alexandria June 30.
The company now advances to the Eastern States Theatre Festival in April.
Better Said Than Done will host the festival March 24 to 26 both in-person in Fairfax City, VA, and online.
Join Arena for this series of one-night-only in-person conversations " the "farewell tour" of the inimitable Molly Smith.
Season kicks off in February with Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' and Sarah Ruhl's 'Eurydice,' performed in repertory with a stellar cast of ASC veterans and newcomers.
The DC native shot to Broadway stardom in 'West Side Story.'
'On Your Feet!' at GALA Hispanic Theatre and 'The Color Purple' at Signature Theatre lead with most nominations. Award ceremony will be May 22 at the Anthem.
George Mason University School of Theater's Guest Artist Series features LGBTQ+ theater-makers who are leading practices around anti-racism and inclusion in theatrical spaces.
The accomplished director and producer comes from 16 years at Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, where she served as associate artistic director.
Felicia Curry, Helen Huang, Kate Eastwood Norris, and Lawrence Redmond are recognized for their excellence in theater arts and long-term commitment to creating theater in DC.
